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Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Motorola Droid RAZR vs Galaxy SII, What Are you Buying?

October 19, 2011 0 Annkur

Android is buzzing with two mega announcements happening in less than 12 hours. The first being the Motorola announcement revealing the MOTOACTV and the Droid RAZR followed by the Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) event in Hong Kong that also lifted…

Android

Type Braille On Android With BrailleType (Exclusive / Video)

October 18, 2011 0 Annkur

A young developer walked into our office last morning and demoed an app that has left us pretty impressed. Ankit Daftery is working on a solution that enables smartphone touch-screens to take input in Braille. Most solution out in the…

Android

Quick Review: Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 In India

October 17, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has a low cost Android phone out in the Indian market and this one sure is a big challenge for players like Micromax who have their low cost Android offerings attracting a lot of buyers. The Samsung Galaxy Y…

Opinion

When Rumors Kill Real & For One To Win, The Other Needs To Lose

October 16, 2011 0 Annkur

A lot of my feelings here are similar to a recent editorial sharing my lessons from the retail days and the industry around me continues to surprise. The smartphone market is split wide open and we can’t agree more with the…

Apple

iPhone 4S Coming To India Before Year End Is Logical

October 12, 2011 0 Annkur

Now that the iPhone 4S is going on sale in US and a few more cities, it is natural to start asking when would it make it to India? the 3GS and the iPhone 4 had their delays before launching…

Opinion

Premium Smartphones, Value For Money & Annoying Perceptions

October 10, 2011 0 Annkur

It’s odd that we are talking of ‘value’ and ‘premium’ in the same breath. But honestly, the premium segment doesn’t mean just a big brand or ‘expensive’ title. Often when discussing the smartphones market, we end up talking about prices…

Apple

Gizmo Podcast #13: Discussing the iPhone 4S

October 6, 2011 0 Annkur

Last night myself and Nimish took out time and finally recorded a podcast together. This was our first podcast since February and it feels good to be back. We intend to make this a regular feature and do look forward…

Apple

iPhone 4S – Whats New?

October 4, 2011 0 Annkur

After months of speculations, rumors and delay from its usual refresh cycle, Apple has went official with the 5th generation iPhone. The iPhone 4S is reality, and that is the only new iPhone Apple released. With the 4S, Apple has…

Tech Industry News

Microsoft Kills Zune Hardware, 301s To Windows Phone

October 4, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft has had a rocky road leading up to the launch of Windows Phone 7 last year. The original Windows Mobile that we loved proved to be irrelevant in the post iOS / Android era that saw an entire new…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Dear Amazon, Are You Buying webOS?

October 1, 2011 0 Annkur

Precap: HP has messed up the Palm acquisition for which it spent over USD 1 billion last year. Rumors about the future of WebOS are plenty. Today marks another chapter in the Palm story, a rumor that raises some hope. Amazon…

Rumors

Amazon Losing Money On Kindle Hardware Is No Surprise!

September 28, 2011 0 Annkur

Just as a hectic day in technology reporting ends with Samsung signing a patent licensing deal with Microsoft followed by the huge Kindle announcements from Amazon, we hear this little bit on our twitter “Amazon Losing $50 Per Kindle Fire?”…

Opinion

As MeeGo Goes For A Talespin, Tizen Is Born

September 28, 2011 0 Annkur

Today we are witnessing the death of another operating system that raised hopes of bringing a refreshing change to the handheld industry. After the sad handling of webOS at HP, we not have MeeGo undergone another transition. Industry insiders and…

Nokia

NFC: The Ecosystem Challenge

September 25, 2011 0 Annkur

Cellphones over the years have grown beyond wireless telephone devices. Back in the early days, it was conceived as a communications device, but did we truly expect to pack in so much power? Today a mobile phone has rendered your…

Android

Review: Motorola (XT530) Fire XT

September 23, 2011 1 Annkur

The race for affordable Android devices is on and most players including Samsung, LG and Motorola are in a bitter fight for conquering this segment. Be it an Android phone with physical QWERTY or simply an affordable full touch-screen, there…

BlackBerry

Hands-on Blackberry 9860 Torch

September 21, 2011 0 Annkur

Blackberry is going on sale with the Torch 9860 in India today, and we had a quick hands-on a couple of days back. The 9860 is a full touch screen with no physical keyboard. The screen is 3.7″ with four…

Site Announcements

We Are Restricting RSS

September 20, 2011 0 Annkur

OnlyGizmos.com would stop offering full RSS feeds effective immediately. RSS feed provided henceforth would be restricted to a short summary. We have largely kept silent on our official channels about the Google Panda update, but if you have been around…

Apple

Wait, Hold Those iPhone Rumors!

September 16, 2011 0 Annkur

Apple hasn’t launched a new iPhone  at WWDC 2011 as it did for the past four years. History expected them to do so, but all that came out at WWDC was the iOS 5, OS X Lion and iCloud. iOS…

Motorola

Quick Review: Motorola EX109, Dual SIM QWERTY Phone

September 14, 2011 0 Annkur

The EX109 is one of the four Dual SIM QWERTYs on the market by Motorola. At Rs 3500 it’s one of the cheapest Dual SIM phone out there. The phone features a standard QWERTY design with a 5 way D-pad,…

Market Watch

Seven Things You Want To Know About Windows 8

September 14, 2011 0 Annkur

Microsoft has shipped over 450 million copies of Windows 7 till date and finally, it has managed to beat Windows XP in consumer usage. Internet explorer 9 is the fastest growing browser for Redmond and as many as 500 million users use…

Motorola

Motorola EX119 – Quick Review

September 12, 2011 0 Annkur

Motorola recently launched the EX119 and EX109 Dual SIM QWERTY phones in India recently, and we got our hands on the EX119. The EX119 is a slim and light weight phone that packs in a Touch Screen and  QWERTY keyboard along…

Maxx

OG Review: Maxx Khamoshhh MX401

September 8, 2011 0 Annkur

Maxx Khamoshhh series was released last month, and we played around with the MX401 for sometime. The MX401 is Dual-SIM with a 2.4″ screen and features SAM noise suppression technology. At under Rs 3000, Maxx has brought noise suppression technology to a…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Test Driving HP ePrint enabled 6500A Plus All In One Printer

September 2, 2011 0 Annkur

We have seen HP launch mobile apps for printing and the same also packs in access to public printers when you are travelling. But this time around we had the opportunity to test an HP MFP Printer with ePrint activated.…

First look

Toughest Phone In The World: Sonim XP3300 Force, Survives 25m Drop

September 1, 2011 0 Annkur

Sonim has secured the title of World toughest phone (Guinness record) for its model ‘XP3300 Force.’ Made for people with the most testing jobs, Sonim applies its learnings from over half million workers from varied industries. The GSM enabled XP3300…

Android

Motorola Announces Gingerbread Powered Pro+

August 31, 2011 0 Annkur

Motorola has announced the Pro+ for Asian and European markets. Similar to the Droid Pro and Fire in looks, the Pro+ packs in a GHz processor with Android 2.3. 2011 seems to be the year when the touchscreen + QWERTY…

Market Watch

Samsung To Invest $9. billion In R&D, Buy WebOS?

August 30, 2011 0 Annkur

Samsung has announced that their R&D expenditure for 2011 is expected to total $9.3 billion, (10 trillion won, ) and as much as 50% of that has already been spent. The Korean company spent a similar amount last year. The…

Apple

HP TouchPad Already Selling At 2x Cost On eBay / Amazon

August 22, 2011 0 Annkur

We have previously talked about HP killing WebOS devices (and effectively WebOS itself.) After the news of HP discontinuing TouchPad and other WebOS offerings, the company announced a fire-sale on the recently launched TouchPad thus giving them away for $99…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Dear HP, Palm Wasn’t A Magic Wand

August 19, 2011 0 Annkur

If you landed here via the homepage, you would have heard it by now: HP Is done with its stint with WebOS / Palm. Last year when HP picked up Palm for $1.2 billion, it raised a hope and as…

Featured

OG Review: Nokia E6

August 18, 2011 0 Annkur

Authors Note: It’s been long since I have handled a new Nokia device and yet as I hold the touch and type E6-00 in my hand, it feels very familiar to begin with. Until last year, the Nokia E63 was…

Android

Motorola Announced Defy+, Launches Next Month

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

Leaked already, Motorola has now gone official with the Defy+. Motorola Defy Plus is a successor to the original Defy that did pretty well being the only rugged Android device on the market (dust and water resistant – IP67). Defy+…

Google

Google Buying Motorola, Worry For Samsung, HTC? Android Ecosystem?

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

In midst of the information overload with Google pulling a MotoRabbit out of their hat today, there is a big question on the Android ecosystem. How open does Android remain with Google owning a hardware company? As suggested by Sanjay…

Google

Why The Next Nexus Phone Might Not Be From Motorola & Why It May Be!

August 15, 2011 0 Annkur

With Google buying Motorola, there is a lot of speculation on what would this mean for Android handsets from Motorola, especially the Nexus series from Google getting some Moto love. Google claims to be paying a 63% premium over Motorola’s…

Nokia

Why Nokia Wont Launch Anymore Symbian Phones In US

August 9, 2011 0 Annkur

To it comes as no surprise that Nokia won’t sell any more Symbian devices in US. Nokia’s US head Chris Weber in an interview with AllthingsD confirmed that they would not ship any S40 or Symbian devices in US after…

First look

India: MAXX Outs SCOPE MT150 Touch Screen Phone For Rs 3272

August 1, 2011 0 Annkur

We aren’t sure why MAXX prices are as odd as Rs 3272 (numerology?), but that’s a 2.8-inch touch screen phone hitting the market. And it doesn’t run Android! As we had pointed before, MAXX is strategically targeting a gap between…

Apple

Why Steve Jobs Is Laughing At The Fake Apple Store

July 21, 2011 1 Annkur

Yesterday we came across the case of a mysterious fake ‘Apple Store’ in China. If you haven’t read the news yet, you would be surprised to know that a fake Apple Store was spotted in Kunming, China. The fake store in…

Apple

Apple Updates MacBook Air, Discontinues Plastic MacBook (India Price)

July 20, 2011 0 Annkur

As expected (and widely rumored), Apple has refreshed the MacBook Air lineup in less than a year since its last update. The MacBook Air with a 2nd gen Intel Core i5/i7 processor and backlit keyboards can now be considered a…

Launch Pad

KHAMOSHHH – MAXX MQ601 & MX401 Noise Suppression Phones Launched

July 20, 2011 0 Annkur

India: MAXX Mobile has outed a couple of low cost phones powered by SAM noise suppression technology. While the MAXX MX401 is a bar phone, the MXQ601 is QWERTY. Branded as Khamoshhh, these phones aim to make it easy for…

Android

Exclusive: HTC Launching ChaCha In India (Updated)

July 19, 2011 0 Annkur

HTC is holding an event in Mumbai tomorrow, and while the invite reads a new product (in association with Tata DoCoMo), we have learnt that HTC would actual unveil the ChaCha tomorrow. HTC already has the Salsa retailing in India,…

HP (Hewlett Packard)

Review: HP Officejet 100 Mobile L411a Printer

July 18, 2011 1 Annkur

In the midst of all the smartphone and tablet talk, we have been playing with the HP Office Jet 100 (L411a) mobile printer recently. Officejet 100 is a battery powered mobile colour Inkjet. Been asked multiple times by friends and…

events

GizmoMeet #5 Pune – Photos & Videos

July 18, 2011 3 Annkur

The OnlyGizmos team is proud to announce that GizmoMeet Pune was our biggest ever. With just under 100 in attendance, our venue Cafe 1730 was put to test every passing moment on Saturday evening, yet we had an exciting meetup…

Microsoft

First Impression: Windows Phone 7.5 Mango Update (Beta)

July 9, 2011 3 Annkur

With some help, I managed to get a beta build of Windows Phone 7 Mango update running on my LG Optimus 7. Mango is said to be a significant update and the next wave of Windows Phones are expected to…